Aprile Rickert
Southern Indiana ReporterAprile is LPM's Southern Indiana reporter. Rickert comes to LPM from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
Email Aprile at arickert@lpm.org.
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There’s no reason to spend the next three months on the couch, unless you want to. -
Political hopefuls in Southern Indiana can officially file their candidacy to run for office in the primary next month. -
Floyd County Judge Maria Granger was first elected in 2008, and announced this week she’s retiring. -
Here are some of the key stories that came out of Southern Indiana this year. -
Indiana lawmakers representing Southern Indiana were on opposite sides of a bill that would redraw the state’s U.S. congressional maps ahead of schedule. Here’s where they stood, and what happened after it failed. -
The City of New Albany and Indiana Department of Natural Resources have reached a court settlement that calls for removal of a controversial low-head dam in Silver Creek. -
State lawmakers representing Southern Indiana have very different views on whether the legislature should redraw U.S. congressional districts years ahead of schedule.
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A former Clark County Council member charged in the investigation of Jamey Noel is fighting his felony charge and wants the Indiana Supreme Court to weigh in. -
Clark County’s overdose deaths have dropped significantly since last fall, and health officials say they’re on trend to be the lowest since before the opioid surge that started in the 2010s. -
A white flag shelter in New Albany will host a Thanksgiving meal for guests Saturday. Leaders say the emergency shelter will also be open around the holiday.
